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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Wonder film notes.

1st Narrator  
-Auggie
2nd Narrator
-Via
3nd Narrator
-Jack
4nd Narrator
-Miranda
Last Narrator
-Auggie

2 mins-Building suspense as we still haven't seen the boys face.
We dont know whats wrong with him hint but its bad-Hospital scene,  helmet,tags,school convo,Auggies dialogue in the voice over.
Quotes:Dad/Nate It's like leading a lamb to its slaughter.
Summer: "When being given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind'

instro -Close up,Spaceman jumps into the shot,slow-motion give us the feeling we are in space.

- Intro symbol of the astronaut helmet, covers his face, represents the barrier August puts between himself and the world.

-Music- starts quiet,slow but the tempo and dynamics increase to build energy in the scene. We hear a radio of ground control talking to Astronaut 

-Next is a tracking shot as we move away from the figure that is now a boy in a helmet jumping on the bed.

-Close-Up shows us Auggies reality or view of the world but as we pull back we see the real world.

-Star wars a symbol of Auggie wanting to treat him normally - a safe place in the star wars universe there are lots of weird looking people so no one stares at him 
-Padawan braid,

Halloween scene:42.56-44.40
Body language-Change, Now he has his head held high, walking
with a confident stride, interacting with others.

Music- Happy/upbeat ,Monster mash,fast tempo, lots of energy.
-When he hears jack saying if I looked like him id kill myself-Music tempo get slow,quiet dynamics to make us focus use of diegetic sound-kids laughter.
Symbols-Halloween mask-physical.barrier between others and auggie 
-Star wars character Darth sidious used by jullien to make fun of auggie.

significant-We see Auggie lose faith in the idea of friendship-If Jack can be that mean behind his back how can he trust others.
Links to the Theme-popularity and acceptance we see this through jack as he says what he knows Julien wants to hear so he doesn't want to become the person that gets picked on.

Jacks fight scene-
-Starts a eye level -mid shot, make us feel a part of the convo.
-Sounds are diegetic
-Low angle shot as boys hit the ground, this make seem more dangerous. moves to a close up of the struggle.
-Dutch tilt and low angle make Jack look more aggressive and violent.
-Music-minor(sad),quiet dynamic- creates focus and intense,slow tempo.
-Shot in slow-mo so we see the event more clearly.
Significant-Shows the theme of popularity/acceptance.Jack has learnt from his mistake and is standing up for his friend. 

The nature Reserve Fight scene:1.29-
-During the fight shots used to make Auggie and friends-more powerful and bullies weak and vulnerable.
-Music has a fast tempo to build intensity.

significant-Auggie has grown as a character,he is now willing to stand up for himself.
-Friendship- Auggie finally feels excepted when the other boys don't have to hide behind a mask anymore.

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